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  • KSC needs cookies, volunteers for annual drive

    The annual Kirtland Spouses' Club holiday cookie drive is ramping up for 2015, seeking volunteers and cookie donations.Last year over 9,200 cookies were donated for more than 500 on-base Airmen. The number of Airmen this year is around 525, according to KSC's vice president for events, Rie Ann

  • Thunderbird Inn manager wins Hero Award

    Recognizing a Kirtland-connected restaurateur's commitment to his community despite many difficulties, distributor US Foods has presented Robert Vick with the Food Fanatics Hero Award.Vick, manager of Thunderbird Inn dining facility was one of six winners out of more than 1,000 nominees nationwide

  • AF leaders share worlds with honorary commanders

    Business leaders, government officials and involved citizens joined Kirtland Air Force Base representatives for lunch Nov. 10 to discuss the base's Honorary Commanders Program.The Air Force program pairs local civic leaders with commanders and directors on the military installation in an effort to

  • Hundreds brave chilly temperatures to honor veterans at local ceremony

    The streets around Kirtland came alive with activity to honor America's veterans on Wednesday, Veterans Day.A parade crewed by vintage military vehicles, a sizable contingent of Albuquerque police and droves of young Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps members from local high schools set off from

  • Kirtland Warrior: Airman 1st Class Joseph Bryant

    Kirtland WarriorName:  Airman 1st Class Joseph BryantSquadron: 377 Medical Support SquadronDuty Title: Pharmacy TechnicianHometown: Fremont, MichiganGoals: Bryant is currently working on his second set of CDCs.  His goal is to meet or beat the score of 91 percent he attained on his first EOC

  • Kirtland boy throws first pitch at Cubs game

    Julian Leonard may look like a normal toddler, but the little guy recently had an experience most people never do: He threw out a ceremonial first pitch at a Chicago Cubs game.He's also been battling cancer for almost his entire life.Two-and-a-half-year-old Julian is the youngest child of Jessica

  • USAFA's band Blue Steel visits New Mexico

    "Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon. "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten.The U.S. Air Force Academy Blue Steel band played those songs and a few more Friday outside the Student Union Building at the University of New Mexico. The performance, like all of the band's shows, was free and open to the

  • Tap into your empathy, says suicide prevention program manager

    On the heels of September's suicide prevention awareness month, mental health professionals at Kirtland are working hard to ensure base members continue to be vigilant in looking out for the well-being of their coworkers.Capt. Joye Henrie, installation suicide prevention program manager, said

  • Base hosts tour of Bulk Fuels Facility

    Members of the base community toured Kirtland's Bulk Fuels Facility Oct. 24 to learn more about a 1999 fuel spill and the base's cleanup efforts.Participants were able to view the facility and the temporary and full-scale treatment systems, and receive information from Air Force scientists and

  • Base engineers thank church at food pantry

    Kirtland engineers have been putting their backs into a local church's food bank in return for the church allowing fuel plume remediation work in its parking lot."They've been delightful to work with and just kind and courteous," said Christ United Methodist Church food distribution coordinator Ann